How much are brown cygnets costing you?
In my last posting I used the term brown cygnets to describe unknown known project risks that, with a good...
Project risks – Black Swans or Brown Cygnets?
In my last post I suggested using project management as a potential way to manage unknown unknowns that were external...
Covid 19 – A Project?
I sometimes ask project/risk related people to tell me their current greatest challenge. It generates some interesting ideas. One recently...
How to add value to your Consultancy business
Even before Covid 19 both State and Federal Governments had allocated substantial funds and dramatically increased the number of projects...
Why spreadsheets don’t cut it
Back in 1996 I was heavily involved in the New Southern Railway (now called the Airport link) working with (what...
Estimating Inherent Contingency
Clients are often concerned about the accuracy of estimates and the derivation of contingency. The only 100% certainty is that...